Cultivator.



W. AB. DURSEY.

GULTWATOR.

APPLICATION FILED O0T.13.190B.

91 5,567'. Patented Mar. 16,1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

VWILLIAM B. DORSEY, OF NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI.

oULTxvAToR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedl March- 1-6, 1909.

Application ed October 13, 1908. Serial No. 457,539.I

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ,WILLIAM B. DoRsEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Natchez, in the coun-ty of Adams and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Cultivator, of which the following is a specification. i l

This invention relates to combined cultivators and insect-destroyers designed more particularly for the cultivation of cotton and the extermination of the boll-weevil.

The object of the present invention is vto I provide an improved implement of this kind characterized' by a Wheeled supportingframe adapted to travel between two rows of plants, and carrying on opposite sides, a itators for knocking the insects oli' the p ants, and vertically swinging frames armed with cultivator teeth, and 'means to receive the insects knocked off the plant-s by the brushes. .t

A further object ol` the invention is to provide a combined cultivator and insect destroyer which is simple in structure so that 2.5 it can be operated by unskilledl labor, and also to provide an implement of this kind Iwhiclrwill operate without injury to the plants.

The inver. tionalso has for its object to provide means-for adjusting the cultivator acare handles 21 for guiding the implement.

coi-ding yto the slope of the hills.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is' a plan View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a y side elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

-The supporting-frame of the implement comprises a pair olI spaced longitudinal beams 5 mounted on single wheels (i located therebetween, at the `front and rear ends lo thereof. At the l'ront end of the beams is a olevis 7 for attachment of the'draft animals".

The cultivator is a rectangular frame consisting of transverse bars 8 armed with cultivator teeth 9, and connected at their outer 'endsby a longitudinal bar 10, the outer edge ol` which is faced with a strip 11 of leather or other cushioning material to prevent injury t-o the plants.

Two .Cidtivators as herein described are 5o provided, they extending laterally from opposite sides oi' the supporting frame. 'lhe cultivators are adjustable vertically to suit the slope of the hills, they being pivotally connected to the supporting frame by pivot.- ally mounting the bars at their inner ends on rods 12 carried by the beams 5 and extending along the outer faces thereof.

The cultivator-frames are adjusted vertically and held in adjusted positions by means of a lever 13 fulcrumed at 14 on a post 5o 15 rising from the supporting frame, said lever being connected at one end by lines 16. with the cultivator-framesor Wings. The other end ofthe lever engages rack 'teeth 17 formed on a post 18 rising from the sup- 65 porting-frame. The connection 16 is a exible one so that the cultivator frames may rise and fall and adjust themselves to theA slope of the hills, and when traveling to and from the field they may be swung upwardly out of contact with the ground upon operating the lever 13.

Upon the su porting-frame are mounted agitators `19 wlliich extend laterally from opposite sides thereof a suflicient distance, to engage the. plants as the implement is driven along a row. The eultivator-frames are covered with a sheet-metal plate 20` which is coated with some sticky substance similar to that used on fly-paper. The agitators 19 are located above the plate 20, and

` the insects knocked olf plants fall on the v plate and are held thereon by thev sticky coating.

At the rear end of the supporting frame The implement herein described effectually serves the purpose for which it is designed. The agitator-s upon passino' over the plants lightly bend them, and as they ily back the insects are dislodged without'injury to the plants. The cultivator-wings can be readily raised or lowered to suit the slope ofthe hill, thus avoiding tearing down'loose hills, and also taking the weight of the cultivator frame off the soft soil, and. preventing clogging of dirt and weeds, and lessening the draft. The im lement can be easily kept in the middle the row as the arrangement of ground Wheels makes it easy to steer, and as it is of light draft it requiresonly one draft animal. A

'Vhat is claimed is:-

1. A combined eultivator and insectdestroyer comprising a supporting-frame, vertically adjustable wings ext-ending from opposite sides thereoic and armed with cultivator teeth, insect receiving plates covering the Wings, and agitator-s,` arranged above the said plates. v 1' 2. A combined oultivator and inseotf In testimony that I claim the foregoing as destroyer comprising a supportlng frame, i my own, I have hereto affixed my slgnS/ure hfxnged frames extending from opposlte sldes l 1n the presence ofvtwo Wltnesses.

thereof, cultvabor teeth mounted on said WILLIAM Bl DORSEY. hinged frzunes, agita-tors arranged above the Witnesses:

sanne, and an insect receiving plate covering WM. D. JENKINS, sand hinged iframes. I J. D. IRELAND. 

